China Satcom Completes Deployment of 1,000 Gilat SkyEdge VSATs

PETAH TIKVA, Israel, April 13, 2006/Satnews Daily/ ¾ China Satellite Communications Corp. (China Satcom), one of the six basic telecommunications operators in China, has completed deployment of about 1,000 Gilat Satellite Networks, Ltd. (Nasdaq: GILTF) SkyEdge VSATs for rural telephony applications in Gansu Province and Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.

Giora Reish, Gilat’s regional vice president, Asia, said, Gilat has built a strong reputation among China’s largest telecom operators for providing public rural communication solution that is fully integrated with the Chinese public telephony network, combined with responsive local customer service.

“This solution connects Chinese vast rural population to public services available in urban areas. China Satcom was particularly impressed with SkyEdge’s toll quality voice, efficient space segment utilization and low power consumption, which will make it possible to operate the VSAT network in the most economical manner.”

Gilat’s SkyEdge platform supports telephony and data application on a single hub located in Beijing. It provides seamless telephony connectivity to public communication switches of national carriers. It can be deployed quickly in any environment and can perform well in all types of weather conditions.

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